And Jarnell, Easterwood was on the Gary Parrish show last night, and you could tell it was absolutely killing him to discuss all of the 2013 Memphis kids.

Fact is Jarnell is loved in Memphis, and he's recruiting the hell out of the city for us. Couple that with a hardnosed coach that relates to the local players and their families, and we have a recipe for success.

There are six kids from Memphis that are consensus top 100 players, Tennessee is out infront of U of M for every single one of them. Let me rephrase that, we are seriously going to have to tell a top 100 palyer from Memphis, there's no room.

Listening to the Gary Parrish show last week, Parrish said he was texting a coach trying to get recruiting info, wouldn't disclose the coaches name, but I'd assume it's either Andy Kennedy or Josh Pastner.

Said Nichols is essentially down to UT and Duke, and Hubbs is down to UT and UF.

Vols lead big for Nichols and have a slight lead for Hubbs. Said he'd be very surprised if both weren't vols.

The undisclosed coach said Cuonzo has basically been living in Dyer county this summer, and Hubbs and his family both are huge cuonzo fans.

quote:Tennessee will continually be in the top 3 in the SEC. What say ya, Jed?

I think top half of the league on an annual basis is reasonable, with second, third, or even first happening occasionally.

We won't be a tournament team every year, but we will be more often than not.

I think he'll prove to be one of the better coaches at one of the top SEC programs.

Historically, we may not be a great program, but we are right now. There's no excuse for fielding a poor Tenn basketball team. Best facilities in the SEC with arguably the second best fan base, and great instate talent.

Guys I live in Dyer County. Robert Hubbs is the best player to come out of this state in years. And this is counting Memphis. The Memphis Mitchell AD said "ROBERT HUBBS IS THE BEST PLAYER WE HAVE SEEN SINCE THADDEUS YOUNG".( Georgia Tech, 76ers). 6'5" almost 6'6" and can play. Has great great grades, is a yes sir, no sir type kid. No problems on or off the court. That being said, I'm pretty close with people who "KNOW THE SITUATION". It's a Duke/UT/Missouri battle as of right now. This kid is the real deal. People are already talking "ONE AND DONE" he is that good. Trust me ESPN will be in Newbern,,Tn in the spring of 2013 when Robert Hubbs announces his decision. The kid can flat out play.